Which Type of Gowns Offer Highest Protection?
The qualities of an ideal isolation gown are determined by several factors:
- Level of protection
- User-friendlyness
- Flexibility of movement
- Comfort
- Cost
- Strength
- Adaptation to the body
- Flammability
- Odour
The isolation gowns produced by K&A Health meet all the above criteria by its highest quality.
There are three types of isolation gowns according to their sleeve:
1- Elastic sleeve
2- Polyester bound knit sleeve
3- Thumb covering sleeve
Isolation gowns are also categorized according to their back bound:
1- Zip-fastener back bound
2- Hook and loop back bound
Usually isolation gowns are one size for universal usage, which means one-size-fits-all.
There are four levels of protection of isolation gowns:
- Level-1 Gowns:Used in places where the contamination risk is minimum such as close contact with patients, healthcare workers and visitors inside hospitals
- Level-2 Gowns: Used in low-level-risk practices such as drawing blood from patient
- Level-3 Gowns: Used in mid-level-risk practices such as surgical operations
- Level-4 Gowns: Used in high-level-risk practices such as long surgeries where liquid movement is high.
Mostly used type of gowns are Level-1 gowns.
The materials that the Gowns are made of:
- PP: Polipropilen Meltblown
- PBT: Polibutilen Tereftalat Meltblown
- TPU: Termoplastik Poliüretan Meltblown
- SMS: Spunmelt Nonwoven
K&A Health provides its customers with the highest quality of gowns from desired raw materials custom-made according to the needs of the customers.